Sentences with phrase «of presidential elector»

Virginia law regarding petitions for the presidential candidates of unqualified parties, and independent presidential candidates, says that these petitions must carry the names of presidential elector Read more»

On January 10, four Missouri state representatives introduced HB 1236, which deletes the accidental error in the 1993 ballot access reform bill that requires party petitions to include the names of presidential elector candidates.

These petitions must instead carry the names of presidential elector candidates.

Virginia law requires petitions for president to include a list of presidential elector candidates, and says one elector must reside in each U.S. House district.

A minor party must file a list of presidential electors with the secretary of state no later than the last Tuesday in August.

They also endorsed the ticket of presidential electors nominated by the Anti-Masons, who — if they won the election — should vote for Henry Clay if this would help to defeat Jackson, otherwise for Wirt.

(5) investigate allegations, made in writing and under oath or affirmation, that citizens of the United States are unlawfully being accorded or denied the right to vote, or to have their votes properly counted, in any election of presidential electors, Members of the United States Senate, or of the House of Representatives, as a result of any patterns or practice of fraud or discrimination in the conduct of such election; and

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His role (let me assume he's a male) is just to elect, with his fellow electors, the president, any year with a presidential election (that is a year whose number is a multiple of 4).

What they'd probably do is to vote for their party's presidential candidate, and become «faithless electors» when it came to the VP, either abstaining from that vote, or voting for a non-Texan (presumably, a different member of their own party) for that office.

Furthermore, each committee of state electors, usually drawn from among the elite land - holding class, would theoretically serve as a final check against an unfit presidential candidate.

What the Constitution says is that an elector of State X is not allowed to vote for both a presidential candidate who resides in State X and a VP candidate from State X.

The US Presidential election uses an «electoral college» system, where each state gets a certain number of «electors» (votes), and those electors cast the official votes for President.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any alien to vote in any election held solely or in part for the purpose of electing a candidate for the office of President, Vice President, Presidential elector, Member of the Senate, Member of the House of Representatives, Delegate from the District of Columbia, or Resident Commissioner, unless -

A party must submit a list of its candidates, including nominees for presidential electors, to the secretary of state.

On the morning of October 4, the Pennsylvania Senate State Government Committee heard testimony for and against SB 1282, the bill to provide that each U.S. House district would choose its own presidential elector.

The Louisiana November 2008 ballot includes the names of 81 candidates for presidential elector.

Federal law requires jurisdictions that vote for President to tell the National Archives the number of votes received by each candidate for presidential elector.

The U.S. Constitution does not specify procedures for the nomination of candidates for presidential elector.

The actual vote for President is conducted by Presidential electors, not rank and file voters, and the validity of the electors is vested in Congress at the time that it receives the votes, not the states.

Note that selecting a presidential elector is listed separately, so «electing any candidate for office of President» refers to the actual election of the President, that is, the vote of the Electoral College.

As a result of changes in state laws enacted since 1789, the people have the right to vote for presidential electors in 100 % of the states, there are no property requirements for voting in any state, and the state - by - state winner - take - all method is used by 48 of the 50 states.

(c) False information in registering or voting; penalties Whoever knowingly or willfully gives false information as to his name, address or period of residence in the voting district for the purpose of establishing his eligibility to register or vote, or conspires with another individual for the purpose of encouraging his false registration to vote or illegal voting, or pays or offers to pay or accepts payment either for registration to vote or for voting shall be fined not more than $ 10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both: Provided, however, That this provision shall be applicable only to general, special, or primary elections held solely or in part for the purpose of selecting or electing any candidate for the office of President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the United States Senate, Member of the United States House of Representatives, Delegate from the District of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, or Resident Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

The Founding Fathers only said in the U.S. Constitution about presidential elections (only after debating among 30 ballots for choosing a method): «Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors...» The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly characterized the authority of the state legislatures over the manner of awarding their electoral votes as «plenary» and «exclusive.»

Each of the parties had one candidate for presidential elector who was put into a different district.

However, in 2004, the State Supreme Court ruled in favor of Ralph Nader, and said there is no need for a residency requirement for presidential elector candidates, other than that they live in Wisconsin.

However, in 2004, the State Supreme Court ruled in favor of Ralph Nader, and said there is no need for a residency requirement for presidential elector candidates, other than that Read more»

This is a document that tells the total number of valid votes received by each candidate for presidential elector.

As electoral slates are typically chosen by the political party or the party's presidential nominee, electors usually have high loyalty to the party and its candidate: a faithless elector runs a greater risk of party censure than criminal charges.

The State Objections Board, composed of the Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, and Secretary of State, heard testimony about the dispute, and then ruled that the state party has the authority to name the presidential electors, and therefore the state party determines which presidential nominee to list.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner heads to Albany Monday, one of 29 New York state electors who have pledged to vote for Hillary Clinton, when the Electoral College meets to validate the November presidential election.

On September 10 the party was informed that one of its candidates for presidential elector is not a registered voter and is therefore ineligible.

Reform Party Presidential candidate Roque De La Fuente will be on the Florida ballot, and the Florida Board of Elections has accepted the Reform Party's slate of electors.

The logical reason that «sore loser» laws have not been applied to presidential candidates is that Article II of the U.S. Constitution, and the state election codes of all 50 states, make it clear that presidential electors, not presidential candidates, are the true candidates in November.

(f) When used in subsection (a) or (c) of this section, the words «Federal election» shall mean any general, special, or primary election held solely or in part for the purpose of electing or selecting any candidate for the office of President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the Senate, or Member of the House of Representatives.»

The Constitution of the United States says that state legislatures are to decide how presidential electors are chosen.

Each ballot deposited for the adoption or rejection of this Constitution, in the Army of the United States shall have, distinctly written or printed thereon «Constitution Yes», or «Constitution No»; or words of a similar import, and further, for the election of State Officers, Supreme and District Judges, Members of the Legislature, Representative in Congress and three Presidential Electors, the name and Office of the person voted for shall be plainly written or printed on one piece of paper.